2008
SWA Design was founded by Haydn Bowley after being inspired to build a website for his local GP surgery, when his dad was finding the existing site hard to use. That commitment to making the web work for everyone hasn’t changed.
2010
A simple CMS was built in-house for customers who wanted to focus on their words, without worrying about altering their website’s theme or layout.
2014
With ambitions to expand to a small team, we acquired our first office space in Nottingham.
2015
We acquired our first international client, working together in London on a two-week project.
2018
Ten years of “nothing is impossible” — marked with a grown-up rebrand and a change to form SWA Design LLP.
2019
Stephanie Chawner merged with SWA Design to bring her first-class marketing skills to the business.
2020
Due to COVID-19, many clients had to adapt quickly. We responded with a flexible support package that allowed businesses to update their websites at a discounted hourly rate.
2021
We hit 100 hosting customers, grown entirely through recommendation.
2022
Our referral program, combined with our website support service, helped double the business.
2023
Expanding our hosting services to Australia and moving our USA customer data to Texas.
2025
After growing and aligning our values with Arden IT, SWA Design merged to form Arden Web — combining web expertise with IT support and cybersecurity, all under one Cyber Essentials certified roof.
What makes us different
We don’t just build websites — we build them to a measurable standard. Every site is delivered with:
These aren’t optional extras. They’re how every site should be built.